单词 | flare-out |
释义 | flare-outn. 1. = flare-up n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger wratha1200 wrethea1400 hatelc1400 angerc1425 braida1450 fumea1529 passion1530 fustian fume1553 ruff1567 pelt1573 spleen1590 blaze1597 huff1599 blustera1616 dog-flawa1625 overboiling1767 explosion1769 squall1807 blowout1825 flare-up1837 fit1841 bust-up1842 wax1854 Scot1859 pelter1861 ructions1862 performance1864 outfling1865 rise1877 detonation1878 flare-out1879 bait1882 paddy1894 paddywhack1899 wingding1927 wing-dinger1933 eppie1987 1879 J. McCarthy Donna Quixote xvii Paulina had a hard struggle many a time to keep down her temper, and not to have what she would have called a flare-out. 2. Aeronautics. A lessening of the steepness of the glide path of an aircraft about to land (see flare v. 4d). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > sudden rapid descent > descent prior to landing > lessening steepness of flare-out1944 flare1967 1944 W. Langewiesche Stick & Rudder xii. 216 Because of this steeper glide, the heavily wing-loaded ship has more upward turning to do in the flare-out. This makes it necessary to flare out even earlier, even higher. 1958 Times 17 Oct. 3/4 An automatic landing is completed with the aid of a Standard Telephones radio altimeter which gives an accurate measurement of height above ground and is used for the ‘flare-out’ (levelling off to land). 1963 Spectator 22 Mar. 351 With BLEU the flare-out is beautifully smooth and accurate. The judgement of the touchdown point is exact. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879 |
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